The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-07

| it has no equal in this country.
The Importance Of these several
deposits may be understood, without
going into details, from the following
statement of the relative convenience,
and therefore the relative cheapness,
of handling the ores, as compared
with like ores in other parts Of the
United States. Mr.. Swank, special
Government expert, says in the Uni
ted States Census for 1880: From
the ore mines of Lake Superior and
Missouri to the coal of Pennsylvania
is 1000 miles. Connellsville coal is
taken 600 miles to the blast furnaces
of Chicago, and $50 miles to tie blast
! furnaces of St. Louis The Three
Cs will bring the coaking coal and
iron ores within one hundred miles
Of each other, and new furnaces will
line it's track along all the interven-
inc spaces. The iron furnaces al
ready in operation in the Ohio Valley
it is said by competent authority,
! will tax the freight capacity of the
road" The demands Of the facto'
ries, towns and cities at this end OF
tue line will be heavy at the outset
art, will increase every year. Inc
conditions all indicate that the new
road will have nearly as much bust
ness as it can manage in handling
ores alone, and no class of freight,
perhaps, is more desirable.
Besides this immense traffic, how
ever, the Three C's" will have the
business that will naturally flow to it
from the rich and rapidly developing
country through which it will run.
/
The largest forests of hard wood in
America lie along its line, and the
demand for these woods is increasing
every year. Leaving all other kinds
of business out Of consideration, 1t
has been estimated by railroad men
and lumber men of large experience,
who have prospected along the route,
that the Creights upon lumber alone
will pay the interest on the bonds
for years after the completion of the
road.
It must be borne in mind, by the
way, that the Three Cs Railroad
is not all On paper alone. The en-
tire line from Cincinnati to Ashland
is under contract. From Ashland,
south, fifty miles are completed, and
the rest of the line to the State line
of Virginia is under construction and
is being pushed as rapidly as practi-
cable. 1t is expected that one hun
dred and fifty miles Of this part OF
the road will be completed and run
ming by January, 1855. Forty.five
miles of the road between Black S
and Marion, North Carolina, are al
ready completed and in operation,
and it is expected that the whole
road from Camden to Blacks will he
open for business by February l, or
March l, at the latest, the contrac-
tors having experienced some una
voidabIe delay. All together, it is
stated, two hundred and twenty-five
miles of new road will be completed
by the end Of yhe gear, An immense
amount Of money is required, of
course, to conduct the work on Sc
liberal a scale and at SO many points
at once, and that it is being so con-
! Quoted is the best evidence that can
be given Of the faith Of capitalists in
the success Of the line.
/ We have given a few Of th:c sacoa
which haze induced the projectors of
the road TO press it's construction
with 50 much yigor. 4 great many
more similar facts might be added,
bat enough has been told to sho| how
important the undertaking appears
! in the minds Of those WHO are best
informed as to its merits. Its over
vhelming success is as nesr to being
assured as that Of any scheme which
has not yet been put to the test OF
experience, and, if it meets only 2
part Of the expectations entertained
in regard to it, Charleston and South
Carolina will still nave abundant rea'
son to bless :he Intelligence :n<;
energy that realize tie d;ear: Of so
many years, and open the way from
the Lakes to The Sea.
SanGti:ied Dishonesty: